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Cognizant Sr. AWS Data Engineer in Atlanta, Georgia
Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future
Role Tile: Senior Data Engineer
About the role
Design, build, and operate scalable, cloud‑native data platforms supporting batch and streaming use cases, with strong focus on governance, performance, and reliability.
Responsibilities
· Hands‑on experience developing and operating data systems on major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP . Ability to design cloud‑native, scalable, and cost‑efficient data solutions.
· Proven experience building modern data architectures , including data lakes, data lakehouses, and data hubs . Strong understanding of ingestion patterns, data governance, data modeling, observability, and platform best practices.
· Expertise in data ingestion and collection using tools such as Kafka and AWS Glue . Experience working with modern storage formats including Apache Iceberg and Parquet .
· Strong experience designing and developing real‑time streaming pipelines using Kafka, Flink , or similar streaming frameworks. Understanding of event‑driven architectures and low‑latency data processing.
· Deep expertise in data transformation and modeling using SQL‑based frameworks and orchestration tools such as dbt, AWS Glue, and Airflow . Strong knowledge of modeling concepts including Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) and schema evolution .
· Strong knowledge of modeling concepts including Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) and schema evolution .
· Extensive experience using Apache Spark for large‑scale data transformations, including batch and streaming workloads .
What you need to have to be considered
· 5+ years in IT related role
· Strong hands on experience in AWS Cloud, SQL and Python
· Good experience with Kafka/Flink, AWS Glue and Airflow
Work model: Hybrid
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 4 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Atlanta, GA. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.